Why is it often acceptable to refer to a woman as a “girl” but calling a man a “boy” is often unacceptable?

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Why is it often acceptable to refer to a woman as a “girl” but calling a man a “boy” is often unacceptable?

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Well I can’t answer how a woman would feel about being called a girl. But as a man if someone referred to me as boy I would personally find it derogatory and see it as them trying to put me down